January 2023

While headlines about rising crime rates focus on the Twin Cities, residents across Minnesota have great concern about safety in their local communities. Important to solving crimes and keeping communities such as the City of Montevideo safer is information about crimes and the people committing them that can help law enforcement make arrests and solve cases. To encourage members of the public in the City of Montevideo to come forward with such useful information Chief of Police Ken Schule is partnering with Crime Stoppers of Minnesota to make that possible in a manner that is safe and proven to be effective. Committing to work with Crime Stoppers of Minnesota in their 2023 Law Enforcement Partnership Program, the Montevideo Police Department invites persons who want to, or may need to, remain anonymous to submit information about a crime, criminal, or fugitive that helps solve a case. Providing information in this safe method can also save precious hours of investigators’ time, while protecting this anonymous source from retribution or harm for being known to have helped law enforcement. In addition to staying anonymous, persons giving information leading to a felony arrest may be eligible to collect up to $1,000 in reward paid by Crime Stoppers.

The Hawk Creek Watershed Project (HCWP) is holding its 21st Annual Information and Appreciation Meeting on Friday, January 27, 2023 at the Renville Community Center, starting with registration at 9 am and ending with lunch at noon.